Street-car.



G. 0. BIRNEY.

STREET OAR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 190a.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

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G. 0. BIRNEY.

STREET GAR.

APPLICATION rum APR.2,1908.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

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,my mventiong Fi section taken on Fig. 3 is an enla the line 8 -3 of taken approximately on the To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I a citizen. of the Unit 'of St. Louis,

Missouri, have invented certain new and u seful Im rovements in Streetcars, and more particula form and entrance, my object being to conplate 10, m which 13 formed an aperture 1.1- struct a car and platform embodying what is nd formed 1nt gral commonly known as the pay-on-platform Plate s 8- pan: of stop lugs '12. A post or principle, whereby all of the passengers enstanchion 13 1s rovlded on Its lower end 7-0 by the conductor t with a pin 14, w ich bears n the aperture tione on. the platform adjacent the car door, 1 and the ilppen end of said post or stanng a swing-i110" gate or barrier Cl110l1 bears 111 a socket 13", fiXEdVlZO the unoperated by the conductor or the purpose of der side of the hood over the car platform.

reventing crowding and consequent con- A gate or barrier is arranged to swing on sion of-the in-commg and out-going pas-- the stanchion 13, which gate or barrier comsengers at the car A further obj ip the platf reby the pay-on-p carried out in connection with a car having immed ately above a le door opening between the plate Inner end of the tall 15.1s provided grith car body, and which means can be acollar 19, which'ls loosely arranged on the readily shifted so as to cut off a portion of lower end of the stanchion'13, and formed as the car platform when the same is occupied inteir by the motorman or car driver. pen 'ng lug 20, which'engages a ainst the To the above purposes, my invention'con- 8130p 111 12 when the gate or armor is sts in certain novel features of construethe car pass ,tion and arrangemen hereinafter more in] in the claims,and il panying drawings, in which:

ustrated in the acoom-- g. 2 is an enlarged detail Fig. 1 Fi ed detail section showing 't e connecetween a rail and the main 0st or ated on the center of he car Fig. 7 is an elevation of the constanchion loc Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed: A an 2, mos. Berle-l m. aaasu.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Patented. Fob. 18, 1900.

ReferringLby numerals to the. accompany CHARLES O. ,Brnzmr, ing draavingsrli designates the car body, 2

ed States, and resident the platform thereof, 3 the corner posts of the car,4= and 5 the vestibule posts, 6 the step at one side of the platform, I and 8 the door Gars, of which the fol owing is a specificaposts at the end of the car body, and 9 the tion containing a. full, clear, and exact decar door which slides seription, reference being had to the accommnnner to open the panying drawings, forming a part hereof. sald; pests? and 8.

Myinvention relates generally to street Arranged on the our platform, directly in .5

rly to the car plat- I front of the center of the door opening is a laterally in the usual doorway between the with the top of sai door and upon the car prises a top: rail 14, bottom rail 15, and said railsbeing connected by the vertical rods ect of my invention is to .16. The upper rail 14 is in the form of a orm of a carwith means tube, and on its mner end is fixeda collar17, so

latform principle is which is loosely fitted on the stanchion 18 fixed collar 18. The

a with this collar 19 is an outwardly swung rom one position to another. t of parts, which will be Arranged to slide through the tubular rail so set forth, pointed out 14 is a rod 21, which is manipulated by on the car platform; Fi 6 18 an vided at one end with a collar 31, whic 1s loosely mounted on the stanchion 13 immediately above the end of the rail 14, and .105 formed in said rail 30 is a long1tudina lly extendin slot31, provided at its endswit between the top rail of the gate or notches 2 and 33. Fixed to the outer end barrie. and the stanchion; and Fig. 8 is a of this rail is the upper end of a vertlcall be cm. lection taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7. disposed rod 34, the

means of a handle 22,

throu h a slot 23 formed in the rail 14, and

F gure 1 is a horizontal section takent re ing notches 24 and 25 formed at the the center of one endof car bod ends of said slot, and there being a notch '95 tform'constructed in a c d c it 26 formed 1n said rail ad acent the notch 24. The outer end of the rod 21 is adapted the line 9, 2 f Fi 1; to enter recesses, such as 27, formed inthe rged detail section taken o outer faces of the posts 7 and 8, and over 4 i a ti which recesses are positioned plates 28, proline 4--4 of Fig, vided with apertures 29.

5 is a plan view of a bearing plate 30 designates a tubular rail, which is r0- which latter projects ower end of which is si al the motorman or car seated in a plate 35 arranged in the car platform adjacent the step is, and approxi-. mateiy half way between the end of the car body and the front of the car platform.

Arranged to slide in the tubular rail is a rod 36, which is manipulated by means of a handle 37, which operates through the slot 31, and fixed on the outer end of this rod 36 is a ball 38. Seated in the rear face of the vestibule post 5 is a socket 39, which is adapted to receive the ball 38 when the rod 36 is moved to its outer limit of movement through the rail 30. a

One of the socket plates 28 is'seated in the inner face of the post 4; in positionito receive the outer end of the rod 21when the same is moved outward.

When a car of my improved construct-ion is in use, the passengers entering the car pass onto the rear portion of the car platform and deliver their fare to the conductor, who is stationed immediately in front of the post or stanchion 13, and upon receiving the passengers fare, the conductor engages the handle 22 of the rod 21 and disengages' the same from the notch 26 and moves said rod 21 rearward into the rail 14, thus withdrawing its outer end from the socket plate 28 in the post 7, and then swings the entire gate or barrier into the position shown by dotted lines A, Fig. 1, thus permitting the passenger to pass through the door opening between the posts 7 and 8. If desired, the gate or barrier can be locked in this position by shifting the rod 21 ou tward so that its outer end engages in the socket plate 28 seated in the post 8, and the swinging movement of the gate or barrier in both directions is limited by the stop lugs 12, against which the depending lug 20 engages, and thus the correct position of the (gate is insured and the outer end of the ro 21 can bereadily enga d in the socket plates in the posts 7 an 8.

lVhile the ate or barrier is in the position shown by solid lines in Fig. 1, the passen ers leaving the car are free to pass from the oor opening out through the space between the door ost 8 and the rail 30, and thus in no wise interfere with the movements of the passengers getting on the car.

The conductor, stationed on the center of the our platform, is in position to manipulate the gate or barrier to correspond to the movements-of the passengers, and having full view of the our platform and of the movements of the passen er's entering or getting off the car, can rea iliy and properly river.

hen a platform of my improved car is to be occupied by the motorman, the rail 30 and post 34 are swung into the position shown by dotted lines B, Fig. 1, and the rail 36 is moved outward to its limit of movement, thus bringing the ball 38 into the socket'39, and the rail being located in this position. by engaging the handle 37 in the notch 33, and the gate or barrier is swung forward into the position shown by dotted lines 0, Fi l, and the rod 21 is moved outward until its outer end engages in the socket plate 28 seated in the post 4, and said rod is locked in this position by engaging the handle 22 in the notch Thus a space is provided for the motorman or car driver, and a clear space is provided for the move ments of passengers entering or getting off this end of the car.

A car of my improved construction is very simple and inexpensive, provides means for the collection of the fares of the passen ers entering the car, does away with crowding and confusion of the passengers at the en trance door of the car, and Jermits the conductor to remain at a fixed station on the car platform.

I claim:

1. The combination with a street car and the platform thereof, of a stanchion arranged on the car platform in front of the door opening in the end of the-car body, and a barrier arranged to swing on the stanchion, the free side of which barrier is adapted to swing from one side of the door opening to the other.

2. The combination with a street car and the platform thereof, of a stanchion arranged on the our platform in front of the door opening in the end of the car body, a barrier arranged to swing on the stanchion, the free side of which barrier is adapted to swing from one side of the door opening to the other, and means arranged on the barrier for locking the same after movement.

3. The combination with a street car and the platform thereof, of a stanchion arranged on the car platform in front of the door opening in the end of the car body, a barrier arranged to swing on the stanchion, the free side of which barrier 18 adapted to swing from one side of the door opening to the other, a rail connected to the stanchion and projecting toward the step at the side of the car platform, and a post supporting the outer end of said rail.

4. The combination with a street car and the platform thereof, of a stanchion arranged on the car platform in front of the dooropening in the end of the car body, a. barrier arranged to swing on the stanchion, the free'side of which barrier is adapted to swing from one side of the door opening to the other means arranged on the barrier for locking the same after movement, a rail connected to the stanchion and projecting toward the step at the side of the car platform, and a post supporting the outer end ofsaid rail.

5. The combination with a street car and the platform thereof, of a stanchion arranged on the car platform in front of the door opening in the end of the car body, a barrier arranged to swing on.th e stanchion, the free side of which barrier is adapted to swing from one side of the door opening to the other, and means whereby the swing of the barrier in both directions is limited.

6. The combination with a street car and the platform thereof, of a stanchion arranged on the car platform in front of the door opening in the end of the car body, a barrier arranged to swing on the stanchion, the free side of which barrier is adapted to swing from one side of the door opening to the other, means whereby the swing of the barrier in both directions is limited, and means arranged on the barrier for locking the same after movement.

7. An attachment for street cars comprising a stanchion arranged on the car latform in front of the door in the end 0 the car body, a barrier arranged to swing on the lower portion of the stanchiomand a transversely disposed rail arranged between the step on the side of the car platform and the stanchion.

8. The combination with a street car and the platform thereof, of a stanchion arranged on the car platform in front of the door opening in the end of the car body. a barrier arranged to swing on the stanchion, the free side of which barrier is adapted to swing from one side of the door openin to the other, a rail connected to the stanc ion and projecting toward the step at the side of the our platform, a post supporting the outer end of said rail, and sliding rods carried by said rail and the upper portion of a the barrier.

9. A car havin two compartments in communication wit h each other and one of which is provided with a side opening, and

movable barriers located in the compartment provided with the side openin said movable barriers being adapted to positioned to provide a partial inclosure in the compartment in which they are located extendmg from a point intermediate of the ends of the opening providing communication between the compartments to a point intermediate of the ends of said side opening, and being also adapted to be moved mto a position in proximity to an end wall of the compartment in which they are located farthest removed from the other compartment to provide an inclosure between themselves and said end wall. substantially as set forth.

10. A car having two compartments in communication with each other and one of which is provided with a side opening a post centrally located in said compartment rovided with a. side opening, and movable arriers supported by said post; one of said barriers being adapted to extend to a point intermediate of the ends of the opening between said compartments, and the other barrier being adapted to extend to a point intermediate of said side opening, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES O. .BIRNEY.

Witnesses:

M. P. SMITH, E. M. Haanmoron. 

